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Dealing with the Crisis – the Strength of the European Approach

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About this Event

At this IIEA breakfast briefing, European Commission Vice-President, Maros Sefcovic addressed the EU response to the Euro crisis, including the new treaty, its implications for the institutional dynamics of the Union, and the future of the “Community Method” of decision-making. He also discussed the state of relations between the EU’s core institutions, two years after the Lisbon Treaty’s entry into force.

About the Speaker:

Maros Sefcovic is Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration. He previously served as European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth from 2009 to 2010. A career diplomat before his appointment to the Commission, he has held posts as Slovakian Permanent Representative to the EU and as Ambassador to Israel, and as Director General of the EU and Bilateral Affairs Divisions of the Slovakian Department of Foreign Affairs.

Paul Gallagher, former Attorney General of Ireland, writes on the legal implications of the Fiscal Treaty, its relation to other EU legislation and the consequences for Ireland of a no vote in the 2012 Fiscal Treaty referendum.